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Re: Official MATS who's going? March 20-22
[Re: 68Fastback]
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03/20/09 06:58 PM
03/20/09 06:58 PM
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Windsor ,Ca.
Keith Richards
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Yep, 1st year I've missed it as well. The wife's knee is on the mend and I didn't want to take any more of my vacation days as we lost some this year. The good news is though that I am working and racing every Wednesday night at Infineon so that helps even made a little coin out there as well.  Hope all the moparts members are safe and do well!  Keith
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Re: Official MATS who's going? March 20-22
[Re: Keith Richards]
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03/21/09 12:07 AM
03/21/09 12:07 AM
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Erda, UT
67Charger
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Well, Day 1 update ---
Ted tried to decimate the mosquito population with his smoke show, Al qualified for the Quick 16 on 7 cylinders, Jeepmon and I should have been running heads-up against each other, Cab had some launch issues, w2stroker ate his tourque converter, GBob is kicking tail and taking names in the low 10's, OU812 has the full motorhome camp setup and is making a full-on vacation out of it, and those are just the ones I remember off the top of my head.
Breakfast at 6am tromorrow, so I've got to get some sleep!
11.33 @ 118.46 on motor
10.75 @ 125.35 w/ a little spray
Now, high Speed Open Road Racing - Silver State Classic Challenge, Nevada Open Road Challenge, Big Bend Open Road Race
Rocky Mountain Race Week 2020, 2022 2.0, Sick Week 2023
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Re: Official MATS who's going? March 20-22
[Re: J_BODY]
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03/21/09 12:50 AM
03/21/09 12:50 AM
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las vegas
70AARcuda
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my poor old barracuda was in the lane next to him...
Tony
70 AARCuda Vitamin C
71 Dart Swinger 360 10.318 @ 128.22(10-04-14 Bakersfield)
71 Demon 360 10.666 @122.41 (01-29-17 @ Las Vegas)
71 Duster 408 (10.29 @ 127.86 3/16/19 Las Vegas)
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Re: Official MATS who's going? March 20-22
[Re: Lil Demon]
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03/21/09 10:23 AM
03/21/09 10:23 AM
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J_BODY
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Jay - Al's issue was just a plug wire. Car is good. Laid down an 8.50 in 5,000 feet of air. That car is a beast.
WhEw!...that's good to hear. I'm thinking the added altitude probably calmed the car down some on the launch too.
Wonder if Chris made it with his new bullet?
 .....just getting ready to go to work for a bit when I should be rubbing elbows with moparts finest at the Skillet!
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Re: Official MATS who's going? March 20-22
[Re: J_BODY]
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03/21/09 10:35 PM
03/21/09 10:35 PM
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Orange County, Ca.
B1CUDA
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Jay - Al's issue was just a plug wire. Car is good. Laid down an 8.50 in 5,000 feet of air. That car is a beast.
WhEw!...that's good to hear. I'm thinking the added altitude probably calmed the car down some on the launch too.
Wonder if Chris made it with his new bullet?
.....just getting ready to go to work for a bit when I should be rubbing elbows with moparts finest at the Skillet!
Yep, I made it. The first pass with the new motor, was an 8.69 @ 159, but, the car felt like it was a slug. 
We didn't have a chance to scale the car, blah,blah,blah. The car, however, would not weight transfer at all. I switched the front shock settings, and it hit the bar, but, the motor was still not working at all. I went through the lights at only 8000 RPM, and this motor should be going through the lights in the neighborhood of 9500-9800.
To put it in a nutshell, this motor felt like it had a governor on it, on every pass, as the rear gear is WAYYYYY off. (It will need 5.20 - 5.30 gear)
I do know this....Once the bugs are worked out of this car/motor combo, this thing is going to FLY.
Off to sleep, I am beat. 
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Re: Official MATS who's going? March 20-22
[Re: sunroofgtx]
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03/21/09 11:53 PM
03/21/09 11:53 PM
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J_BODY
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Glad to hear Al is kicking butt. 7 cylinders, eh. Like to hear that story. What a monster he built.
See the picture in the signature above your post. That's Al's engine being dynoed. 
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Re: Official MATS who's going? March 20-22
[Re: J_BODY]
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03/22/09 01:49 AM
03/22/09 01:49 AM
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California, USA
Phil Saran
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I got to meet Al and G Bob so it was nice
to put faces with names.
It got pretty windy today (Sat) and there
is supposed to be a storm coming in on Sun.
I pulled up stakes and headed for home this
afternoon, a nice "leisurly" 6 hour drive
back home towing my travel trailer.
The swap meet was bigger, the car show was
about the same size as last year, same with
the drag racing, but the stands were not
full at all any of the days.
Phil Saran
Parker, Colorado
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Re: Official MATS who's going? March 20-22
[Re: aarcuda]
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03/22/09 02:03 PM
03/22/09 02:03 PM
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I figured it would be a bigger show. maybe saturday is bigger. the monster mopar show was A LOT bigger both in the racing and the car show.
still it was alright (but shoot, $30 to get in for 1 day is nuts)
Demography is the key there. Alot more population available to most shows east of the Miss. Alot of people travel some pretty great distances to attend Vegas. It's all we have out west.
Can't argue about the $30 bucks to get in and walk around though. I was considering driving up to meet up with some people and watch some racing, but I was busy at work and wouldn't have been able to get to LVMS until after 1pm. Being things wrap up around 5 we skipped it.
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Re: Official MATS who's going? March 20-22
[Re: J_BODY]
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03/22/09 02:20 PM
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Re: Official MATS who's going? March 20-22
[Re: J_BODY]
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03/22/09 03:16 PM
03/22/09 03:16 PM
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CAB round 1: 03-22-2009 08:20:16 Wind from NW at 0 mph Station local - Elev : 2003 ft Temperature 56.90° Barometric Pressure 29.77 Humidity 43.00% Standard Rel Air Density 92.92% Track Rel Air Density 99.90% Effective Altitude 2503.90 ft Tail Wind 0.00 mph PRO E1 Left Lane Right Lane Cab Burge Name Norm Wethey 678 Car Number T740 PRO Class PRO 0 Q/P 0 11.42 Dial In 10.97 .058 R/T .109 1.603 60' 1.672 4.659 330' 4.660 7.232 1/8 7.174 94.880 MPH 97.520 9.470 1000' 9.351 11.389 1/4 11.193 111.94 MPH 122.26 Margin 0.2542 0.089 Package 0.332 Racer's Stats .058 Best R/T .063 11.389 Quickest E.T. 11.193 111.94 Fastest MPH 122.26  See Ron Silva advanced first round, but didn't see his name or car # in round two.
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